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Terry.Dickson@jacksonville.com 2012 champion Matt Kuchar was among those given the spa treatment in the Procter & Gamble Salon.

Gary McCullough For the Times-Union Ponte Vedra Beach's Billy Horschel on the tee at No. 6 during the second round Friday.

Adam Scott is not happy with his tee shot on the 2nd hole at The Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass Players Stadium Course in Ponte Vedra Beach on Friday.

Adam Scott, the 2004 Players champion and long considered one of the most eligible bachelors in golf, married longtime girlfriend Marie Kojzar on April 17 in the Bahamas, four days after the final round of the Masters.

Scott broke the news to Australian Associated Press golf writer Ben Everill on Friday after Scott shot a 67 in the second round of The Players Championship at the TPC Sawgrass Players Stadium Course, making the cut on the even-par number.

Scott said there was no official engagement. Only a few friends and family were on hand for the ceremony at Scott’s Caribbean home.

“It’s official. I am a settled-down man and very happy,” Scott said. “We just decided to get on with it. We’ve known each other long enough, let’s go and jump right in the deep end.

“It was just our family and a few friends and obviously there are a lot of people we would have liked to have had there who weren’t, but we decided to have a very low-key affair.’’

Kojzar dated Scott, 33, in the early-to-mid 2000s before splitting up. They began dating against just before he won the Masters last year.

Kojzar is a 32-year-old Swedish architect.

Scott told the AP that the bride wore a “non-traditional” dress while he wore a suit with bow tie.

Nature calls Spieth

Jordan Spieth is nothing if not polite, but when you’ve got to go, well, you’ve got to go.

The 20-year-old runner-up through 36 holes of The Players Championship hit his tee shot at the par-4 15th hole on Friday, then peeled off to the left to use a executive washroom inside a picket fence surrounding one of the private hospitality venues.

Spieth hopped the fence, which was about 4 feet tall, and was admonished by a female security guard — who admitted she knew nothing about golf and didn’t know who Spieth was.

“I told him he couldn’t use that bathroom,” said the guard, who said she was not allowed to give out her name. “He said he was a player so I told him as long as he was inside the fence, he could go on in. I just told him to not jump back over the fence but walk down to the gate.”

Spieth complied and the guard said, “He was very polite and thanked me.”

When informed that Spieth was in contention for the tournament, the guard replied, “Well, that’s nice.”

Horschel makes cut

The way things began this week for Ponte Vedra Beach’s Billy Horschel, it appeared his making the cut for the weekend might be a pipe dream.

This dream came true.

Horschel took an 8 on his fourth hole of the tournament in Thursday’s first round but bounced back enough to record an even-par 72.

Friday, he birdied two of his last three holes to come in under the wire with a 2-under 70 and 142 total.

Horschel made a 10-footer at No. 7 and a 3-footer at No. 9.

Horschel had been critical of the greens heading into the tournament but said they have become a non-issue.

“I’ve been mildly impressed with them and the hard work they have done here,” he said. “They’re fine.’’

Dubious record

Aaron Baddeley set a record Friday no golfer wants at The Players. The Australian hit two balls in the water at No. 17 to become the player with the most in tournament history since 2003, when the PGA Tour began keeping accurate records.

His total of 10 balls in the drink passed Bob Tway’s mark of nine. Baddeley accomplished the record in 32 career rounds.

William McGirt quickly moved up the list with two balls in the water in the group following Baddeley.

In all, there were 18 balls in the water at 17 on Friday.

Huh escapes penalty

John Huh was in enough trouble after being the first player to hit his tee shot in the water at the par-3 17th hole.

He nearly compounded it by accidentally nudging his golf ball with the toe of his putter when taking practice strokes as he was facing a bogey-putt attempt of 3 feet, 5 inches.

However, the ball only oscillated when Huh touched it, which means it never changed position.

He called for a rules official who confirmed to Huh that was safe from a penalty.

Huh made the bogey.

“It kind of touched the ball,” he said. “I don’t think the ball moved, so I told the rules official he could check it out, and it turns out it didn’t move.”

Slow-motion, close-up replays on NBC Golf confirmed Huh’s contention. He went on to shoot 72.

Styling and cutting

PGA Tour players and their families have been able to take advantage on an on-site salon just outside of their dining room at the TPC Sawgrass.

The P&G Innovations Studio has offered hair styling and cutting, makeup, manicures and shaves. By Thursday afternoon, the salon had served nearly a dozen players and more than two dozen family members.

The customers included 2012 Players champion Matt Kuchar for a hot shave and his wife, Sybi, for a manicure.

Joy Mead, associate marketing director for Procter & Gamble, said the concept began 15 years ago at industry conferences. Recently, it has expanded to the Olympics, America’s Cup and NFL playoff games for athletes and their families.

Rare eagle for Wi

Charlie Wi made only the third eagle-two in tournament history at the par-4 seventh hole, using a 9-iron from 150 yards out after a 277-yard drive. The last eagle at the hole was in 2010 in the second round by Tim Clark, who went on to win the tournament. The first eagle at the hole was Rich Beem in the second round in 2008.

Even with Wi’s contribution, the seventh hole has yielded the fewest eagles of any par-4 hole on the course. There have been four eagles at No. 18 and five each at Nos. 10, 14 and 15.

The shot didn’t help Wi. He missed the cut by one stroke.

Elsewhere

Briny Baird withdrew from The Players for the second year in a row, this time with back problems. He started on the back nine and shot 40 before heading in at the turn. Also, D.H. Lee withdrew after two holes with a shoulder injury. ... Thirteen players have hit 75 percent or more of their greens in the tournament, led by Martin Kaymer at .833.